Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), who chairs the Armed Services Committee, told reporters Thursday after a closed-door House GOP meeting that he wants Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) to tell Republicans what concessions they’ll have to make for Democrats to help them elect a speaker—underscoring the chaotic race to find a new House leader as Republican options grow short to overcome an intraparty impasse.
There is only two ways to elect a Speaker, either (A) some Republican gets all (but 4) Republicans to agree, or (B) moderate Republicans make some concessions to Democrats and get someone elected without the fringe Republicans.
Threatening (B) helps force (A) because if you’re a fringe Republican, (B) is your worst case scenario.